Sales-board.



A. S. MOESER.

SALES BOARD.

APPLICATION FlLEp DEC. 2, I915- Patented May 23,1916.

WI? WEJeSEe) THE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. c.

ARTHUR S. MOESER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SALES-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed December 2, 1915. Serial No. 64,683.

. Letters Patent 7 80,086 issued January 17th,

1905 to C. A. Brewer and C. G. Scannell, and entitled Vending device.

In devices of the above character, a flat receptacle or board has a series of apertures for holding removable. objects, and the board is provided with fragile facings, such as sheets of paper placed on both sides of the board to hold the articles or objects in the apertures. To eject the articles or objects from the apertures, a plug, pencil, or like devices forced through the fragile facings of the board, and the articles are thereby punched out of the apertures.

The objects in the apertures of the sales board are customarily sold at some definite price which is to be paid to the owner of the board. These sales boards are usually left around on the counter of a store Where they will attract attention, and hitherto there has been nothing to prevent mischievous children or dishonest persons, when the store-keepers attention is not directed to the board, from punching out one or more of the articles and not paying therefor.

My invention provides a very simple and cheap attachment which normally covers one side of the sales board and cuts off access to the apertures from that side of the board. With this attached device, which is in the nature of a catch pan, the .articles can be punched from the board only by inserting the punch from the front face of the board and it serves to catch any and all articles thus punched from the apertures of the board. With a properly applied lock for securing the catch pan in normal position, the sales board may be safely left to be inspected and handled by prospective customers, at will, because, any article improperly punched from the board will not come into the hands of the person punching the same except when the catch pan is opened up by the holder of the key. Thev so-called articles in the compartments will sometimes be the actual articles sold, but more frequently, will be simply little rolled paper slips having thereon orders for articles represented thereby.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view looking at what may be'treated, either as the back or bottom of the sales board, some parts being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line :0 m of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 indicates the board having the apertures 2 and paper facings 3 and 4t.

The numeral 5 indicates a plug or device for punching the articles out of the apertures.

The numeral 6 indicates a sheet metal pan, which, at its bottom, is connected to the board 1 by hinges 7 and at its top or free edge portion has a key-operated lock 8, the bolt 9 of which is adapted to engage a lock detent 10 secured on the board and normally covered by the pan. The numeral 11 indicates curved cleats secured to the back of the board and overlapped by the sides and top of the pan.

The utility of the device described is thought to have been made clear from the foregoing description.

What I claim is:

-The combination with a sales board having apertures therein, of a catch pan applied to one side of said board and normally covering the apertures on that side of the board, and a lock normally securing said pan in operative position to said board.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR S. MOESER. Witnesses:

F. D. MERCHANT, HARRY KILGORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

